Improvement in cotton-presses



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Letters Patent No. 109,891, dated December e, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-PRESSES,

The Schedule'referred to ln these Letters Patent making part of the same.

To all 'whom it 'may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM HAYNIE, of the city of Memphis, in the county of Shelby and the State of of Pressing Cotton into Bales; and I d0 hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and the letters of reference marked thereon.

The annexed drawing consists of- Figure l, a perspective view.

Figure 2, section of machine.

Figure 3, enlarged section of apparatus.

Figure 4, staff' and brake.

The nature of inyiinventibn consists in supplying tothe usually construct-ed box and frame of a cottonpress a power whereby the platen or bottom'can be so raised and held iu 'posit-ion by the application of manual .power applied by meansof a lever, that the cottou'eon'tained in the box can be pressed intoa bale, which ,power is obtained by meansot' having attached to 4the bottom or under side of the platen a stati', notchedA atequal distances, operated upon bya lever working in astirrup, and biting on these notches and working the sta up, the lstad being held in position gained by notches on the opposite side by aeatch working the same.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed todescribe its construction and operation.

1 construct my box and frame in the usual manner as ordinary presses for cotton, adapting the method of pressing upward and taking the bale from the upper portion. I attachto the bottom or platen P, fig. 2, which is movable, an iron staff, A, notched ou opposite sides, E E E and F F F. This staff projects down and through bottom of the machine. On one side, and opposite, being in front of notches` E E E onstaff A, is suspended a stirrup, C:

Suspended in this stirrup as a fulcrum I. work a lever, B, figs. 2 and 3. Y

The toe D of lever B worlrs in notches E E E. On the opposite side is a -movable catch, Gr, figs. 2 and 3, which operates in notches F F F.

H is a long rod projecting on outside of frame, and

used to throw the catclrin or out of gear.

K, tig. 4, is a brake, and operates on stai A by mansof rod I..

I operate this power b'yiirst bringing the platen P, iig. 2, down as low as it will go. The top of the box being open, the cotton lint is lled in unt-il the box is well'iilled. The top is then put on and secured Aby means of braces.'

The lever B is now'placed in the strrup O, and, by working the long arm of lever down, the toe or point D is thrown up, which point catches in notches E E E of stati' A, forcing or lifting the stati up; on each ascent of toe I) Athe distance from one notch to the vnext is gained,stalf A ascending, drivingup platen P, and thereby pressing the cotton.

On the down action of toe D the staff A is .held in place by catch G, figs. 2 and- 3, operating in notches F F F, the staiA being worked up to its full height by -the'lever B. The lever is taken out if convenience requires, the staff A being held by catch G, operating in a notch, F. 'lhe bale is now ready for banding.

To release bale, apply brake Kto side of/sta' A, g. 4, by pulling lever or arm I. Catch G is to be now thrown out of notch F by pulling lever H, and staii gradnallylowered to the desired distance.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv

The combination of' the standard A with the levers f B fulcrumed in the stirrup, C, the pulling-lever H, provided with the pawl G, and the platen P ofthe cottonpress herein described, all constructed and arranged as shown, for the purpose set forth.

' his WILLIAM HA-YNIE.

mark. Witnesses JAMES B. Coon, A. F. ScnLzE. 

